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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
Quality Programs

Program Fees

ACS GSV Program Fee Type

Fee Amount

Due

Services Included

Level 1 - Comprehensive Excellence
Level 2 - Focused Excellence
  • Academic Teaching
  • Community

Annual fee of $15,000

New sites will be invoiced upon execution of the hospital participation agreement.

Renewing sites will be invoiced 60 days before the end of the current participation period.

  • Application review and processing
  • Access to educational resources
  • Guidance form leading geriatric experts
  • GSV Program and Technical staff support
  • Site visit conducted by GSV Reviewer Team for standards compliance
  • Pending standard compliance – verification awarded
  • Small: Sites which perform fewer than 1,680 cases/year
  • Rural: Sites whose zip codes fall under Rural Urban Commuter Area (RUCA) data codes 7.0 through 10.6
  • Government: Operated by the U.S. Federal Government overseen by the Department of Defense DoD), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), or Veterans Hospital Administration (VHA)

Annual Fee of $7,500

New sites will be invoiced upon execution of the hospital participation agreement.

Renewing sites will be invoiced 60 days before the end of the current participation period.

  • Application review and processing
  • Access to educational resources
  • Guidance from leading geriatric experts
  • GSV Program and Technical staff support
  • Site visit conducted by GSV Reviewer Team for standards compliance
  • Pending standard compliance – verification awarded

 

Commitment Level
  • Academic Teaching
  • Community
  • Small
  • Rural
  • Government

Annual Fee of $2,500
(2 years max)

New sites will be invoiced upon execution of the hospital participation agreement.

Renewing sites will be invoiced 60 days before the end of the current participation period.

  • Application review and processing
  • Access to educational resources
  • Guidance from leading geriatric experts
  • GSV Program and Technical staff support
  • GSV Program staff support for implementation of the GSV standards
  • No site visit or verification will be performed at this level

†Currency must be in U.S. Dollars